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The Baby Islands are a group of small islands located about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) northeast of Unalga Island in the Fox Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of southwestern Alaska. The group consists of five islands ranging from 980 to 3280 feet (300 to 1000 m) long and several smaller islets.
The Diomede Islands are named after Saint Diomedes.The Inupiaq name Iŋaliq means "the other one" or "the one over there". [4] The two islands are respectively nicknamed "Yesterday Island" (Little Diomede Island) and "Tomorrow Island" (Big Diomede Island) because the International Date Line runs between them, making the date on Little Diomede Island always one day later than the date on Big ...
Cape Sarichef Light is a lighthouse located on the northwest tip of Unimak Island, approximately 630 miles (1,010 km) southwest of Anchorage, Alaska.The most westerly and most isolated lighthouse in North America, Cape Sarichef Light marks the northwest end of Unimak Pass, the main passage through the Aleutian Islands between the Bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
The center rescued the baby last month with the approval of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Wildlife Response Program. The walrus is now at the center's facility in Seward, Alaska.
Umnak (Aleut: Unmax, Umnax; [3] [4] Russian: Умнак) is one of the Fox Islands of the Aleutian Islands.With 686.01 square miles (1,776.76 km 2) of land area, it is the third largest island in the Aleutian archipelago and the 19th largest island in the United States.
A 1-month-old baby who was abandoned on a Colorado road median by his parents on Christmas Day had cocaine in his system, heartbroken family members said.
After getting 30 minutes of daylight, the town of Utqiaġvik, Alaska – formerly known as Barrow – saw its final sunset of the year on Monday as it enters a "polar night." The sun won't return ...
The Knik Site, (Dena'ina: K'enakatnu) also known as the Old Knik Townsite, is the location in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska that was once home to the largest settlement on Cook Inlet. The only surviving remnants of the community are a former log roadhouse, now a museum operated by the Wasilla-Knik Historical Society, and a log cabin.